Sotecin Factory

SoTecIn Factory is a Horizon Europe project aimed at improving resilience and sustainability of the European industry by supporting a community of mission-oriented social innovators and connecting them to technology providers and industrial companies. The project supports systemic transformation towards restructuring 7 key industrial value chains (Electronics and ICT; Batteries and Vehicles; Packaging; Plastics; Textiles; Construction and Buildings; Food Water and Nutrients) to be low-carbon and circular, by implementing higher value circular economy strategies, i.e. reuse, repair, refurbish and remanufacture. Specifically, the SoTecIn Factory will support 40 mission-oriented social entrepreneurs with services regarding governance (through the creation of stewardship councils for each innovation), business model, capacity-building, fund-raising and exploitation, and 30 mission-oriented pre-market demonstration projects. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement 101058385. Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.